Who says we grow accustomed to darkness? …. by Indira
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #81
prompt
amidst
all the beauty
nature has given us
there are
crushing struggles
worries
anxieties
cruelty
discrimination
inequality
our fight
for our share of light
is never ending
we may lose
or win
but fighting is in our blood
our body and mind
never stops fighting
till the end
who says
we
grow accustomed to the darkness
Cyril Rum and the Black Hole …………. by Michael
Image: Credit: NASA, BBC News
The release of a photo purporting to be that of a black hole hit the headlines and caused Cyril Rum, an Angel on Sabbatical, to sit up and take notice.
Cyril being an Angel had been around a long time, and the theory of black holes in the universe had always fascinated him.
Then again, most things fascinated Cyril which…
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Black Space ........ by Teresa Smeigh
A vacated ache …. by Deborah at awisewomansjourney
NaPoWriMo Challenge 2019 – Day 11
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #82 – Black Hole
PROMPT:
See if you can explore the science, give it a new twist, write a fairy tale or fables around it, or give it a totally new meaning.
April Writing Prompt #2 – April’s Theme: Death – Ashes and Dust
The Haunted Wordsmith Elemental Writing Challenge April 11, 2019
For this challenge, we will explore one of the four elements: air, earth, water, fire. This week’s focus is Fire. Simply use the word and/or image provided and be inspired by the natural element.
Today’s prompt and image: smoking:
This fire that burns around
the black hole of my soul
incinerates the aches and pains of
a family love I never came to know
turning them into the death of ashes and dust
to be left in the abyss of space and time
never to return to me…
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Unexpressed .... by Eugenia
Blogging is an addiction. Clicking on the Publish button gives an instant high. We celebrate our independence – freedom from being at a publisher’s mercy. Blogging is a habit. I write during breaks from work, in very un-poetic environs and hide the screen in place teeming with people. I worry about not giving out my … Continue reading Blogging
Macular Degeneration ….. by Von Smith
Puddles of black reach across my sight
First the left eye, then the right
After the struggles and the fight
Each day becomes eternal night
When seeing matters less and less
Blindness is no longer bleakness
No more contrast, no more starkness
We grow accustomed to the darkness
A view on melancholia .... by Helene Vaillant.
It is time to peep into your creative processes once again. Welcome to Week 81!
PROMPT
This video inspired me. Maybe you like to see it or use it as a creative nudge.
https://aeon.co/videos/then-fit-our-vision-to-the-dark-exploring-sight-with-emily-dickinson
We grow accustomed to Darkness. Darkness is in our hearts. Our minds. Our souls. Anybody who has not been tempted by Darkness is a liar.
Some of us grow up in darkness. Some of us grow up in Light, finding Darkness when we realize Light is not all there is in this world. This is the Darkness which crushes the soul, destroys the spirit, leaving nothing behind but despair.
Some of us live in Darkness all our lives, never finding the path out. Never seeing even a spark of Light, our eyes so blinded by Dark.
Some of us are created of Darkness, some of us of Light. But it is the Darkness which finds us in our hours…
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